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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 176

Pair: Fleet Surgeon W. J. Rankin, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (W. J. Rankin, Staff Surgn. R.N.), officially impressed naming; Khedive's Star 1884-86, edge bruise, good very fine (2)

William J. Rankin was born on 26 March 1843 and entered the Royal Navy on 10 February 1866 and was made Surgeon in July 1872. Making Staff Surgeon in March 1878 and he served aboard the Humber in Egypt and Sudan. Made Fleet Surgeon on 19 July 1886, Rankin retired on 11 August 1886 and appears to have died on 16 August 1886.

His death perhaps explains why his Medal is issued in a slightly later impressed (rather than engraved) style being claimed by his family; no trace of a duplicate or replacement issue being made.

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£250

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